Mandela mistook Clarkson, 49, and his telly sidekicks James May, 47, and Richard Hammond, 40, for three spacemen he was due to meet that day.[>

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The former South African President even asked what it was like on the moon. Jeremy revealed: “This was tricky. I couldn’t say that we made a pokey television programme about cars because then he might wonder what on earth we were doing wasting his valuable time.[>

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“So, I did what I thought was best and said it was very rocky and dusty and there wasn’t much gravity.”[>

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At the Johannesburg meeting during Top Gear’s world tour, Clarkson asked if the 91-year-old had been to a lap-dancing club.[>